like clive doyle's daughter, shari. >> she made a statement to me.she got mangled or shot and was in a bad way, she said, don't let me suffer. and all i said to her, don't worry about it, shari, it's all going to work out. god's in control. >> reporter: on day 46 the standoff takes what could be a major turn. koresh says he wants time to write down his final message on the book of revelation. and if he gets it, he promises to lead everyone out. >> i can go on paper here and say that david koresh told me that as soon as he finishes this manuscript -- >> i'll be splitting out of this place. i'm so sick of mres. >> reporter: sick of mres. and no longer worried about getting raped in prison. >> can i say that i think that's one of your big concerns, is mr. bubba? >> i'm not worried about bubba. >> people were packing bags. people were all excited. it's over. all of this situation is about to come to an end. >> david, frankly, i'm eagerly awaiting this manuscript. >> i tell you what, it's going to blow your socks off. >> reporter: but the fbi doubts his i

like clive doyle's daughter, shari. >> she made a statement to me. attacked and she got mangled or shot and was in a bad way, she said, don't let me suffer. and all i said to her, don't worry about it, shari, it's all going to work out. god's in control. >> on day 46 the standoff takes what could be a major turn. koresh says he wants time to write down his final message on the book of revelation. and if he gets it, he promises to lead everyone out. >> i can go on paper here and say that david koresh told me that as soon as he finishes this manuscript -- >> i'll be splitting out of this place. i'm so sick of mres. >> sick of mres. and no longer worried about getting raped in prison. >> can i say that i think that's one of your big concerns, is mr. bubba? >> i'm not concerned about bubba. >> people were packing bags. people were all excited. it's over. all of this situation is about to come to an end. >> david, frankly, i'm eagerly awaiting this manuscript. >> i tell you what, it's going to blow your socks off. >> but the fbi doubts his intentions and

clive doyle: i believe that in a sense god was willing to sacrifice this group of people for a greater cause. but others see koresh in a different light. david thibodeau: david's biggest failure was the fact that the kids were not released during the siege at some point. that's the unforgivable thing is that these kids never had a chance. the fbi was also left to account for its own failures. it had tragically misread the cult and made a series of disastrous tactical mistakes. byron sage: we grossly underestimated the extent of control that david koresh held over all of those people. clint van zandt: i think the federal government failed. i think koresh's master plan was carried out by david koresh. and i think we - fbi, atf, other agencies - i think we facilitated that master plan. we didn't nail him on the cross, we burned him to the ground. >> michael: this is "the war room." i'm michael shure. senator rand paul took to the floor today for an honest to goodness old fashioned style talking filibuster it was a repetitive rambling and self-serving gesture that . . . well also made some